Improvement in corsets



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SUSAN B'. ,FISLEIL or NEWARK, new JERS EY.

Leners Patent No. 87,160, mi Fama/ry 23,1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Toall whom it mwy concern.:

Be it known that I, SUSAN B. FIsLER, in the city 'of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the Same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, in whieh- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a corset with my improvements applied thereto, and

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same, with the corset spread open, illustrating at once the back and I fronts thereof.

My invention consists in attaching or applying to the back of the corset a dress-supporter, or bustle, consisting of a shirred piece of cor-setoloth, cut to the desired form, and supported by whalebone, or other suitable stays, 'the lower part of the back of the corsets being cut out, to make room between the lower ends of the fronts for the said hustle, or skirt-supporter.

My said invention consists also in the use of an elastic band, applied to the lower part of the back, in ad dition to the usual lacci', for the purpose of drawing the corsets together in the back above the hips, when the acer is loosened.

The drawing illustrates a corset with my improvement applied thereto. A

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a corset, with the front open, to show the artificial breast, or bosom, formed by the gores B B B, and supported by the staybones O C O G, substantially in the manner shown.

Fig. 1 also shows the position of the dress-supporter A, when the corset is worn.

Fig. 2 shows a rear elevation of the corset spread K open, showing the back and both fronts.

This gnre, indeed, illustrates the 'whole invention, viz, the artificial bosom B B B, the dress-supporter A, and the elastic band (l, the object of which is to draw the corset up, and hold it snugly to the bodyA when the lacers are more or less loose Having now described' the object, nature, and usev 

